AF Pioneers of the ‘80s, ‘90s

Capt. Tony Wickman
Alaskan Command Public Affairs

ACROSS
1. Actress West
4. Accountant, in short
7. Angry
10. Slap lightly
13. Mock
14. ___ River
15. Southwestern Native American
16. Caviar
17. Col. Eileen ___; 1st woman Space Shuttle commander
19. Initial, yet significant advantage for future progress
21. Crazy __ _ loon
22. Bullets
23. TSgt Tim __; Air Force Cross recipient for Mogadishu actions
28. Fury
32. Epoch
33. Look around
34. Anaheim player
35. Computer key
36. Dine
37. Deeds
38. In the capacity or character of
41. Greek letter
43. 3, in a manner
44. Maj. Patricia ___; first woman commander of an AFSC unit
46. GMT -0400
48. Quick rest
51. Fat
52. Dog’s pests
54. USAF E-4
55. Deep slimy soil or mud
56. Dense translucent, white or tinted fine-grained gypsum
58. 1st Oscar winner ___ Jannings (1929)
61. Actress Thurman
62. Dr. Sheila ____; 1st woman service secretary
65. Col. Guion ___; 1st African-American astronaut
69. Mistake
70. ___ Grande
71. Field movie Norma ___
72. USAF Medal of Honor recipient Col. George ___
73. Prop for 31 DOWN
74. Pitch
75. Web address, in short
76. Hurricane center

DOWN
1. Apple computer, in short
2. Mil. overseas address
3. Snakelike fish
4. Emergency
5. Mortification
6. Commercials
7. X-men characters
8. Molecule
9. Think
10. Expert
11. Earthlink competitor
12. Actor Danson
18. Laotian currency, in short
20. Gen. Charles ____; architect of Desert Storm air campaign
23. Tiny
24. Fed. tax org.
25. Glossy, resinous material
26. Bath item
27. Surpass other car dealers
29. Oppose
30. ___ Shorty
31. Golfer Ernie
34. Rear of the ship
39. Not observable
40. Mature
42. Thought
44. ___ Kippur
45. Japanese sash
47. Organized as a list
49. In existence
50. Score for 31 DOWN
52. Unsown
53. American jurist and Revolutionary War leader Chase
57. SECAF’s office symbol
59. Second Lt. ___Wittick; 1st woman to enter helicopter pilot training
60. Uppermost and widest of the three pelvis bones
62. Damp
63. Wrath
64. Rapping “Dr.”
65. SHAPE city airport, in brief
66. Lyrical poem
67. Skate relative
68. Color